House Leadership
The House Democratic Caucus is meeting today to decide on the people who will lead the party in the House. Don't know who the next Leader will be, but the Caucus Chair will be Rep. Mike Turner of Old Hickory.
Will update when I find out more.
Update:
Gary Odom will continue to be the Democratic Leader in the House.
Update II:
Ken Whitehouse has some more details on the caucus meeting today, and apparently, it was a squeaker for Odom:
Tonight's battle was for Democratic leader, where Nashville's Gary Odom squared off against Ripley's Craig Fitzhugh, and Democratic Caucus Chair, which pitted Nashville's Mike Turner versus Knoxville's Joe Armstrong.
Odom served as leader this last legislative session, while the caucus slot had long been held by Savannah's Randy Rinks, who did not stand for re-election this cycle.
In the race for caucus chair, Turner won by a vote of 30 to 18 over Armstrong.
In the race for leader, Odom bested Fitzhugh 25 to 23.
3 comments:
THAT'S interesting; I thought Naifeh sent Fitzhugh after him. I wonder what happened.
Wow. It's official: House Democrats really are as dumb as everyone thinks they are. Can you say, "permanent minority?" Sayonara.
That is the best Democratic House leadership team a Republican could wish for. Gary Odom and Mike Turner have to be the two biggest assholes in state government. Nobody likes them because they are so off-putting in how they conduct themselves. They are also tempermentally and by political-philosophy the least bipartisan members of the House that could be selected to lead their caucus.
Speaker Naifeh, Crieg Fitzhugh, and Joe Armstrong are all universally respected as intelligent and basically fair.
Also, this futher shows the movement of the Democratic Party to being a Nashville and Memphis only party.
Again, I think this vote is fantastic. Way to go Dems for making it easier to be a Tennessee Republican.
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